Patience is a virtue. Microsoft and Nintendo the other two competitors in this race have yet to show their hands. While Sony is at the table with two pair with a big grin on its face. We yet do not know whats behind those other two poker faces. We really can't know whether the hand Sony was dealt will end up being the winning hand.
The speculation is that next week Microsoft and Nintendo will probably start letting us peek at their cards. Which honestly its about damned time. Take a look at any release list, and you will see that beyond May the water goes from somewhat muddy to opaque for these two platforms. All we have right now is baseless speculation.
We have to expect that both Microsoft and Nintendo have a plan for this year, and that they have had a plan for some time. Should we really suspect that they haven't arranged a slew of exclusives to augment their own consoles, and is there any reason to expect that they will not be as highly regarded as those being shown by Sony.
There are two other factors to consider as well as the games, and that is the two most relevant issues for these respective consoles. When will Microsoft get their console down into the casual consumer range, and when will Nintendo fully address their production issues.
Think of it like this what happens if we see a two hundred dollar 360 before the end of this year. What happens if Nintendo can meet market demand especially in Japan. Either of these two things happening, or both in conjunction could fundamentally shift the market.
The real reason the Sony plan looks so good is because you aren't seeing the Microsoft plan or the Nintendo plan. I wouldn't assume that either of them don't have major plans for this year. That would be rather inconsistent of them given what they did last year.
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